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VIRGINIA: "Representative Abigail Spanberger, D-7th, formally launched her campaign to become Virginia's first woman governor Monday morning, invoking her upbringing in the Richmond suburbs as the foundation of her commitment to a lifetime of public service. Spanberger, 44, used a video statement to announce her plan to run for governor in 2025 instead of seeking a fourth term in Congress next year, representing a 7th District that a court-ordered redistricting at the end of 2021 anchored in Northern Virginia instead of Chesterfield and Henrico counties.

A former CIA officer and criminal investigator for the U.S. Postal Service, she said she and her husband, Adam, are raising their three daughters in western Henrico on the same lessons that her parents taught her, "Teaching them, like my parents taught me, that if you see something wrong, do everything in your power to right it."

https://richmond.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/rep-abigail-spanberger-declares-2025-bid-for-governor/article_cf0f4fe4-8180-11ee-9e6e-af8245aa8352.html